Battle of Hastings
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The Battle of Hastings took place on the 14th of October, 1066, when the defending English army, also called the Anglo-Saxon army, led by King Harold, engaged invading French on Senlac Hill near Hastings, England. The French won decisively and Harold was killed, effectively ending Anglo-Saxon rule of England and establishing the Norman line of monarchs. The effect on English society was enormous.
The battle was fought to assert a French claim to the throne. Following the death of Edward the Confessor, William, Duke of Normandy (later William I, also known as William the Conqueror) asserted a claim to the English throne.
The battle was memorialised in the Bayeux Tapestry.